shamanism
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A different bookstore offered volumes on religious topics, such as American Indian shamanism, Christianity and the history of Tibet.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
The practice is linked to a sect of esoteric Japanese Buddhism called Shugendo, which has its roots in ancient mysticism, shamanism, and mountain worship.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 19, 2024
Even today, the place is visited by practitioners of shamanism, who organise drumming sessions in the cave.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2023
From flying reindeer to presents and ornaments to the bearded man with the North Pole address, a ton of iconography overlaps with indigenous psychedelic shamanism in Siberia and northern Europe.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2022
Fetichism, shamanism, magic, human sacrifice, totemism, ritualism, all were found combined and interactive in a scheme of life alien to our own enlightened outlook.
From The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Sellars, Roy Wood